1954 Map of Kateel River D-3

About this map

The South Fork Huslia River meanders through this interior Alaska landscape, forming a complex network of oxbows and wetlands across the central terrain. Photographed in the early 1950s, the map reveals an environment dominated by water and shifting riverbeds, where the drainage of the Nulitna River and the scattered Birch Lakes define the local topography. This region is characterized by thousands of small unnamed ponds and marshes, typical of the subarctic thaw-lake plains found in the Yukon-Koyukuk area. The absence of roads or established trails on this sheet reflects the historical reliance on these river corridors for seasonal movement and subsistence in the Alaskan wilderness before more modern infrastructure arrived in the territory.